Zentangles Orbs and My Up-Cycled Travel Case

I know I have been writing quite a bit about Zentangles but I admit these little drawings are FANTASTIC stress relievers.  I told about a challenge from one of my readers (Thank you Leslie!) and decided to try making a Zentangle according to the challenge – I am Diva weekly Zentangle challenge is Orbs.  I … Continue reading →

Up-Cycled Travel Watercolor Case

Up-Cycled Travel Watercolor Case

The Booga was going through one of the desk drawers yesterday when he pulled out a Mac Zip Disk.  Besides the fact I laughed knowing I will never get everything off of that disk; I realized how thick the case was and I thought wow, I could so do something with that.  I thought and … Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday (Sort of :P )

My new felt slippers – I made them from a free Martha Stewart pattern after seeing something similar at Wal-mart for $10.00.  Packers colors complete with yellow footballs on the bottoms (Puffy Paint ROCKS!)

It Is Official – I Have Artist Block…

I don’t even know if it true Artist Block or Frustration Block from the Graphic Design Project I am working on.  If it isn’t Artist Block it is pretty damn close because I do not like anything I am producing right now, leading me to think it is Artist Block.  This happens every year in … Continue reading →

Turmeric, Milk and Honey Tea

It is Tuesday and I have already had a rough week.  Yesterday consisted of me yelling at Photoshop repeatedly because it kept crashing for no reason (seriously, VISTA would not give me a crash report), my son hit me across the face with a toy school bus (I thought he broke my nose), the Booga … Continue reading →

Why I Love Skype…

So last night I got a phone call from my brother, “We got a webcam, wanna Skype and meet your nephew?” Me: “YES!  YES!  YES!” It has been two years since I have seen my brother in person with Facebook I have gotten to see my nephew through photos and videos posted there.  We also … Continue reading →

Zentangles… and Finding My Happy Place

I must admit at first I didn’t want to know what Zentangles were or how they were created (I am too damn busy!)  Then I started seeing more posts at The Hive about them and my Facebook Feed looked like a Zentangles advertisement page, so I decided to read about them.  I found claims that … Continue reading →

Watercolor Basics: All About Paper

Learning about paper is about as exciting as watching paint dry but it is a necessary evil when learning about watercolors. First thing to address is Paper Weight.  Paper weight determines the price of the paper and the thickness of the paper.  Think of it this way the thicker the paper the thinner your wallet. … Continue reading →